Baldwin County residents have choices for high-speed internet

ROBERTSDALE, Alabama — Residents in Baldwin County now have choices when it comes to high-speed internet.

Officials with Mediacom recently met with business leaders in Robertsdale to discuss the launch of its XTreme 1Gig Internet service.

“Two years ago, Mediacom made a three-year commitment to spend $1 billion to deliver 1-Gig broadband service to our customers,” said Carrie Boggs, Mediacom’s senior manager for Government Affairs said at the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce’s Coffee Chat on Thursday, Sept. 14. “Because of the demand we decided we needed to step up our commitment and basically accomplished our goal in half the time.”

Mediacom, which maintains a support office in Loxley, provides service to customers in 17 rural counties in Alabama at speeds ranging from 60 meg up to 1 Gig.

“We provide service to many areas that cannot otherwise get service,” said Boggs, who gave a presentation at the breakfast meeting along with Jason Clabo, director of area operations, held at Mama Lou’s restaurant in Robertsdale. “Compared to many of the cities we provide service to cities like Gulf Shores and Orange Beach would be considered among the largest.”

Through its fiber-optic network, Mediacom is able to deliver 1-Gig speeds to residents and businesses in 71 “true Gigabit” communities in 17 counties. In addition, residences in some non-incorporated areas also receive Mediacom’s advanced digital services.